Art and Music Newsletter
Bullock Creek School District
November 2013
It has been a fun month in music class! All grades had fun singing Halloween songs recently. With
these songs we have learned about major and minor chords, rhythm, and how to play xylophones. You
can read more about what they have been learning below.
-Mrs. Griggs- 
Mrs. Grade
Griggs
Kindergarten/First
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We have been exploring our
bcreek.k12.mi.us
voices and using them in four
different ways: speaking, singing,
whispering, and calling. We
spend a lot of time working on
our singing voice. We work on
singing in tune and exploring our
high and low voice. We are also
learning about quarter notes,
eighth notes, and rests, and have
been clapping rhythms together.
We enjoy playing walk/jog/freeze
as we listen to the beats. We
recently learned about the
composer, J.S Bach.
Second Grade
We have been learning to read
musical notation with quarter
notes, eighth notes and rests. We
have been learning about the
music staff and singing with
solfege (do re mi fa so la ti do).
We also learned about the
composer, J.S. Bach.
Third Grade
We have been learning about tone
color in voices and instruments.
We can use our heavy and light
vocal registers. We also learned
about the composer, J.S. Bach,
and listened to some of his music.
Fourth Grade
We are learning about time
signatures, bar lines, and
measures as we develop our
music reading skills. We are also
exploring our heavy and light
vocal registers while singing a
variety of songs.
Fifth Grade
We are also learning about time
signatures, steady beat and
rhythm. We are working on our
music reading skills and singing
with pitch letter names (A-G) and
solfege (do re mi fa so la ti do).
October was a great month in art class. All classes are learning more about the
elements of art and incorporating them into each project. Below is more about
what classes have been learning and what’s to come this month. –Miss Rooker
Kindergarten/First Grade
Second/Third Grade
Fourth/Fifth Grade
Classes talked about
firefighters and completed a
fire truck project for fire
safety month. We also did
drawings and pumpkin
projects for Halloween.
Coming up, students will
learn about texture and
symmetry.
Students recently finished
landscape drawings after we
talked about perspective and
value. Next up, second and
third grade classes will learn
about texture and third grade
classes will continue projects
for Safe and Sound.
* Permission slips
should be turned in
before Thanksgiving
break.
Classes discussed company
logos where we talked about
familiar logos and why
businesses use them.
Students are currently
working on personal logos
that represent them. Next up,
4th grade will begin projects
on texture and 5th grade will
learn more about perspective
in art.